TwitPic - Official Site

Dear Twitpic Community - thank you for all the wonderful photos you have taken over the years. We have now placed Twitpic in an archived state.

Turbinia - Wikipedia

Turbinia was the first steam turbine-powered steamship.Built as an experimental vessel in 1894, and easily the fastest ship in the world at that time, Turbinia was demonstrated dramatically at the Spithead Navy Review in 1897 and set the standard for the next generation of steamships, the majority of which were turbine powered.

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Resisting a Navy Base on China's Periphery – Consortiumnews

The idyllic island of Jeju off the southern tip of South Korea is the unlikely front line in a possible future military confrontation with China -- as a major new naval base is constructed there ...

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David's Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the World ...

Feature. David's Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the World's Most Perfect Statue. My obsession with the flaws, reproductions and potential collapse of Michelangelo's masterpiece.

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Misc thoughts, memories, proto-essays, musings, etc. And on that dread day, the Ineffable One will summon the artificers and makers of graven images, and He will command them to give life to their creations, and failing, they and their creations will be dedicated to the flames…

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NOVA - Official Website | Building Wonders

NARRATOR: The Colosseum: the Roman Empire summed up in stone. Never has such a civilized culture poured so much of its wealth into engineering spectacles of death for the entertainment of its ...

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With a focus on Asia and the Pacific, ABC Radio Australia offers an Australian perspective. Our content on radio, web, mobile and through social media encourages conversation and the sharing of ...

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THE LEGEND OF THE M113 GAVIN CONTINUES IN COMBAT: THE ...

This web page is dedicated to our good friend, retired armored vehicle engineer Bill Criswell who passed away a few years ago. A courageous and wise voice of reason against the wheeled truck madness infecting the Army and DoD, the picture above was his favorite of 11 th Combat Engineers leading the way into Baghdad using M113 Gavins with gunshields.

Environmental Awareness - Naturalist Intelligence

Environmental Awareness - Naturalist Intelligence Environment is the area in which we live. The thin layer of air that surrounds our planet that supports life.Humans are the only kind of life that we know of that exists in our universe.